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200 turn out for IRS site open house

Attendees at the open house for the IRS site’s future check out a map showing traffic counts around the 23-acre Covington complex. COVINGTON, Ky. - They came dressed in high heels, hiking boots, and clerical collars, and they had plenty of ideas.  “They” were the nearly ...

MainStrasse Village garage closed all weekend

Heavy ice will keep the parking garage at 5th and Main streets in MainStrasse Village closed all weekend.  COVINGTON, Ky. - The garage in MainStrasse Village that has been allowing free parking overnight on a temporary basis will be closed through the weekend because of public safety concerns r...

Traffic interruptions tonight on Brent Spence

The Brent Spence Bridge. (Photo courtesy of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.) COVINGTON, Ky. - Be careful driving over the Brent Spence Bridge into Ohio overnight.  Traffic will be brought to a stop for brief periods on the bridge between midnight and 4 a.m. Saturday so overhead signs can...

Horcruxes & Hunchbacks

COVINGTON, Ky. - Question: How many words are in the seventh book of the Harry Potter series?   Answer: 198,227.   Well, that’s what wiki says - and if turns out to be one of the questions in Friday night’s Harry Potter trivia contest at Keystone Bar & Grill, well ... you o...

Feds investigating packages sent to Diocese

Suspicious packages sent to the Diocese of Covington offices this afternoon were examined by the Cincinnati bomb squad. (Photo used courtesy of The River City News.)   COVINGTON, Ky. - Suspicious packages sent to the Covington offices of the Diocese of Covington have been turned over to the FBI...

Singular motivation: Defend Covington

Covington Mayor Joe Meyer Covington Board of Commissioners Meeting Jan. 22, 2019   EDITOR’S NOTE: Covington Mayor Joe Meyer released a statement late Saturday in response to the harsh criticism the City of Covington was receiving on a national level over the video-taped confrontations in ...

Heavy ice closes MainStrasse garage tonight

Heavy ice will close the parking garage at 5th and Main streets tonight in MainStrasse Village. Here is the Main Street entrance to the garage, as it looked in November.   COVINGTON, Ky. - Attention visitors to MainStrasse Village: The parking garage at Fifth and Main streets that is part ...

Mayor Meyer: Covington ‘appalled’

March confrontation doesn’t represent City’s values COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington Mayor Joe Meyer released an op-ed today responding to events in Washington:   “Two days before the holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an intense discussion took place following breakfas...

Covington bids 'farewell' to departing Warnock

Frank Warnock talks about his almost 14-year career at the City of Covington while City Manager David Johnston, Administrative Assistant Kate Donnelly, and many others listen. COVINGTON, Ky. - City Hall said “goodbye” to Assistant City Manager Frank Warnock today with a low-key but hea...

City Hall closed Monday for MLK Jr. Day

  In this historical photo, a group of Covington youth participated in the 1993 Ida Spence United Methodist Church's Martin Luther King Candlelight march. Photo used courtesy of the Kenton County Public Library.   COVINGTON, Ky. – Offices at Covington City Hall will be closed Monday ...
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